Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>wrote: > >> I'm not sure if hanging sheets of gauze in front of your lens >> characterizes >> and justifies itself as bokeh. > >> Those films were also filmed in blue only sensitive film. Far from >> panchromatic. > >> [Rabs] >> Mark William Rabiner > ============================================================================== > ============================================================================== > ============= > I'll admit "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a special case, but in general, > the > cine lenses favored in the thirties had that undercorrected spherical > abberation that gives the dot of light surrounded by a halo. Speed-Panchro > was a name for lenses made by Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, I believe. Ortho > films were the main emulsions used in the silent era, but panchromatic film > for movies took over after the coming of sound and the > more widespread use of tungsten lighting units. (Check "Film Style and > Technology" by Barry Salt, a great book for anyone interested in the > relationship between the hardware and the art) > > Alan The first Marx Bros films were ortho. The third or forth was 50 50. When a shot was tricky the camera guy would switch to ortho so he could develop by inspection. So Harpo hair which was pink would be dark walking in a door ortho and light coming out the other side poncho. [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner